Some members of the public responded warmly to their use of the medium to get their message across, with one Ashley Wilcox writing: "Loving councils [sic] snow updates!".

Yvette Cooper, the Labour Shadow Home Secretary and MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, posted: "Thanks to @MyWakefield for early gritting on main roads."

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Yvette Cooper - Beautiful sun on snow in Castleford this morning. Photographers' weather. Thanks to &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/MyWakefield" target="_blank"&gt;@MyWakefield&lt;/a&gt; for early gritting of main roads.&lt;/noframe&gt;

However, Arlene Phillips, the choreographer and former Strictly Come Dancing judge, sent out this message: "OK let's talk snow. Life in danger no gritting where I am."